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Article #37Re: passwd
From: Christopher King
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:19
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:19
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In article <1992Dec17.154744.12298@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>,
mancus@carla.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC) writes:
|>> If you are talking about the PROM passwd, and the system boots
|>> up, then you can run the command 'nvram passwd_key ""' to clear
|>> it, if you have an Indigo.
|> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|>
|> Does this work on 4D/20, /25, and /35's? If not, what is the
|>equivalent sequence for them?
|>
The 4D/20's and 4D/25's that we have don't have a prom password. The sequence
we needed to use to 'disarm' the prom password on the 4D/35's involved
taking the case apart and disconnecting the battery cable from the system
board...which also seriously confuses all the other prom settings.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!newsfeed.rice.edu!nb.rockwell.com!zeus.muse.rockwell.com!cking From: cking@zeus.muse.rockwell.com (Christopher King) Subject: Re: passwd Message-ID: <1992Dec18.191906.9807@nb.rockwell.com> Sender: news@nb.rockwell.com Reply-To: cking@zeus.muse.rockwell.com Organization: Rockwell International References: <1992Dec12.021932.16017@nuscc.nus.sg> <tms511s@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <1992Dec17.154744.12298@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:19:06 GMT Lines: 25